Definition of Sound wave

1. Noun. (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound.

Exact synonyms: Acoustic Wave
Category relationships: Acoustics
Generic synonyms: Undulation, Wave
Specialized synonyms: Air Wave

Definition of Sound wave

1. Noun. (physics) the longitudinal wave of pressure that is transmitted through any plastic material; audible sound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sound Wave

sound recording
sound reflection
sound reproduction
sound spectrograph
sound spectrography
sound spectrum
sound stage
sound structure
sound system
sound systems
sound track
sound tracks
sound truck
sound trucks
sound unit
sound wave
sound waves
soundable
soundage
soundalike
soundalikes
soundbank
soundbanks
soundbar
soundbars
soundbite
soundbites
soundboard
soundboards
soundbox

Literary usage of Sound wave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1873)
"You see the wavy line that I have thus produced I want you to imagine this to illustrate the light wave, although of course it represents a sound wave. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"In this way each sound-wave causes a breaking and closing [ein Oeffnen und ein Schliessen] of the current [Stromes]. "The coil at the distant .station is ..."

3. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1911)
"Thus suppose we have a plane sound-wave, in which the wave- front is a vertical ... Now the sound-wave will travel at the same speed through the air, but, ..."

4. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1903)
"When a sound-wave passes from one medium to another, the direction in which the sound-wave is travelling is in general altered, and is said to be refracted. ..."

5. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1902)
"When a sound-wave passes from one medium to another, the direction in which the sound-wave is travelling is in general altered, and is said to be refracted. ..."

6. The Science of Musical Sounds by Dayton Clarence Miller (1916)
"If while such a sound wave is passing over a photographic plate in the dark, the wave is instantaneously illuminated by a single distant electric spark, ..."

7. The Science of Musical Sounds by Dayton Clarence Miller (1916)
"If while such a sound wave is passing over a photographic plate in the dark, the wave is instantaneously illuminated by a single distant electric spark, ..."

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